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Iran is ready to reinitiate nuclear talks with Washington as long as it is approached with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has announced.

The Iranian diplomat said solely negotiations worked, and disclosed recent overtures had been made by go-betweens to restart talks with the US government. He said Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to permit the global atomic watchdog to visit attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Navigating a Difficult Route

Araghchi is navigating a complex path since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be acting from a stance of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out stronger in military terms and psychologically from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material on home soil that it will perpetually retain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Prior Negotiations Unexpectedly Concluded

The previous five rounds of talks between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that ended with the American leader claiming the facilities had been destroyed. Following this, EU nations exercised their right to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with American involvement could enrich uranium. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the talks that American atomic experts could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Diplomats asserted on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the agreement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Current Position

Tehran representatives stated the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be revived in various formats if discussions reopen.

The American leader in recent days stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to restart talks, but privately Iran's diplomats say they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from Washington either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been charged of inactivity in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran asserts negotiations is not part of a show.

Political Position

In his address to the forum, intended to paint the US as a dominant force that misuses the notion of worldwide standards, the foreign minister stated the fortnight-long engagement showed the clash could not be ended by armed force. He said the assaults began with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were executed with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making faith difficult to rebuild.

Negotiations Stays the Ultimate Answer

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had deserted diplomacy; it was the United States and the western countries that had consistently tried to enforce their desires during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be active and stays the final solution to settle disputes, but its requirements, regulations and fundamentals must be followed."

"If they speak to the Iranian people with the language of dignity and respect, they will get a answer in the identical tone."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of restoration and rebuilding, the foreign minister stated he was confident Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We gained many lessons from this war; we have come to know our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He stated: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to obliterate, continues to exist. The facilities and equipment, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is important is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but were unable to break. The citizens of Tehran have become more resilient, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the government and the nation in the face of this assault."